This book is an introduction to Max Weber’s ambitious comparative study of the sociological and institutional foundations of the modern economic and social order.
In this work originally published in German in 1920, Weber discusses the analytical methods of sociology and, at the same time, presents a devastating critique of prevailing sociological theory and of its universalist, determinist underpinnings. None of Weber’s other writings offers the reader such a… (more)
Publisher: Free Press (November 24, 2009)
Parent ISBN: 9780684836409
Page count: 448 pages
File size: 2 MB
Language: English